Sugar content in Fanta has been increased — with a 600-mill bottle now containing four extra teaspoons of the sweetener.

The change comes just a few years after Coca-Cola reduced the amount in the soft drink — to show the industry could reformulate without the need for a sugar tax.

The discovery has re-ignited calls from the Australian Medical Association for the government to bring in the tax.

Dietician Simone Austin told Millsy and Mick on 6PR Breakfast parents are often hoodwinked by misdirecting advertising campaigns and labelling.

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